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August 10, 2005
‘Blight’ Is Code for Property Theft
The NY Sun
by Thomas Bray
(Mr.Bray is a Detroit News columnist.)
Look out for "blight." Though the US Supreme Court upheld the principle of using eminent domain for economic development purposes, there has been a nationwide citizen backlash. Now, local officials may be returning to their old standby of declaring neighborhoods "blighted" in order to seize private property to sell to private developers — and we're not just talking inner-city urban renewal here.
Posted by lumi at August 10, 2005 9:05 AM